If he used this tool to reverse engineer, but doesn't actually use it in his own tool, how is there an automated ban? Or did he use that cheat tool on his own account, and that's why they banned him?

In addition, his tool *can* be used for cheating I presume, in order to see around corners and other cheaty things.

Sorry, that's what you get for trying to work on a game by a draconian publisher. Give Ubisoft's sordid history, he should have seen this coming.I'm not saying Ubisoft is right, but he should have known this was a possibility, especially since others have been banned for using this tool.

It's far better to use a pirated version that you can play offline if you want to make pretty screenshots and videos. This should not be done on an online game.

Maybe I'm being harsh, but this guy was pretty dumb for not thinking he'd get banned.

Forgot to add,I've seen Dr Pepper flavored candies before (jelly beans). So it's not a stretch to think they could have Crush branded candy too.Since I, as a consumer, know they have candy, if I see Crush candy, I might think it's from Dr Pepper.

"In Germany, where surveillance fears run a little deeper for obvious reasons"Say what?Maybe I've been living under a rock, but no, why Germany is so weird is not obvious.Is it because of some war they didn't fight in the past?Japan was in the same war, and isn't freaking out past 11.

I don't have this issue.You can prevent that window from appearing without any flaky third party tools.

1) Turn off recommended updates. They are easy enough to research and apply on your own, if you choose, while not leaving you vulnerable to security issues.2) Uninstall and hide all of the following updates:KB2952664KB3035583KB3075249KB3080149KB3123862KB31470713) As you update in the future, make sure you don't install the above, they will be italicized if they appear again.4) Done!

Which is why I just developed my own with Arduino/RPi.I know it'll always work without some third party backend.It also won't know known security vulnerabilities that can be published and affect others.